Horseshoe attachment



Patented oet. e, 1923.

yALEXA'NDER PRITCHARDV, OF EVERGREEN, NEWYOVRK.

HORSESHOE ATTACHMENT.

Application filed October 14, 1920. Serialiltld 416,398.

To .//Z H'ioin 'if may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER PRrroH- Ann. a citizen of the Unitedltates,v and resident of Evergreen.. in the countyV of Kings and Stateof New York, have. in-

vented certain new and useful Improvements in Horses-hoc Attachments,'of .which the folle 7ing is a specification.

T his 'invention relates to attachments for l horseshoes, and has forits principal object the provision of means for preventing a horse fromslipping on icy or other smooth surfaces; further objects being toprovide a device of this -character which may be securely and quicklyattached to a horseshoe, and whichscomprises few parts of simple,durable and inexpensive construction.

.In carrying out my invention I employ a clamping device which may bereadily at- 2" tached to and removed from a horseshoe,

and which comprises a rear clamping inem-- her having transverselyextended heel-calk,

a detachable toe-calk, and novel means for adjusting the device, all ashereinafter fully described and specifically set forth in the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings for-ming part of this speciiication, Figure1 is a planA view of an embodiment of my invention 51" showing itscorrelation, with a horseshoe,

said shoe being shown by dotted lines;

Fig. 'is a side view; and f Fig. 3 is a rear view of one of theclamping` members.

In the example of my invention illustrated by the drawings, 1 indicatesa forward clamping member and 2 a rearward clamping member. y

The forward member 1 constitutes a malleable metal plate 3, havingintegrallyformed forwardly-extended tapered prongs 4. which are adapted,when the device is atached to' a horseshoe, to be bent upwardly over thetoe ofthe shoe and against the horses hoof, as shown by dotted lines 4a,Fig. 2` whereby said clamping member may he .securely retained.

On the bottom of the plate 3'isV a dovetailed groove Vformed by means oftrans-VV versely extended parallel flanges 6, which are made. integralwith the plate 2;.and ezveuded through this. groove and transverselyacross the plate 2 is a detachable toecalli 7, which may be removed andreplaced byv a new calk when worn down to impracticable proportion.

The rearward clamping member 2 embodiesfastiut 8 and Ya heel-calkQwhichi tends transversely across the bottom ofthe shoe. said. strut beingprovided-'with end recessesl() for. engaging the end parts of the heelof the'shoe, as shownby Fig. 1.V

As a means for connecting the members 1V and 2, I employ a rod 11,having on its forward end an approximately S-shaped coupling 12, which'passes through a slot 14 of the plate 3, the lower loop 13 of saidcoupling engaging` beneath the plate 3 and partly around its roundedrearward end, and the upper member 15 bearingV over the rearward partof. the toefof the horseshoe.

The rear end of the rod 11 is "screwthreaded and it passes through vanopening 16 of the strut 8 and is fixed. thereto by means of adjustablenuts 17 and 18, which are in threaded engagement with the rod 11,whereby the devicemay be securely adjusted to a horseshoe and maintainedin proper fixed relation therewith. l Y

In the operation and use of the invention` the clamping members 1 and 2are spaced apart and brought into clamping engagement with a horseshoe(shownin dotted outline in Figs. 1 and 2). the nuts 17 and A18 are thenadjusted to/fiX'the parts in proper correlation, after which the prongs'4 are bent upwardly until they contact over the toc of the horseshoe andthe front of theV horses hoof` thus securely Xing'the fon ward clampingmember to prevent its accidental downward swing; and when it is desiredto remove the device from the h0rseshoe the` prongs 4c may bestraightened or flattened out, whereby thefront clamping member may beswung downwardly on the curved lower loop of the coupling 12.

Itis manifest that my improveddevice.V

may be readily attached to and detached from a horseshoe, and itconstitutes an eiii-l cient non-slipping kdevice which is suscep tibleof attachment tohorseshoes of various proportions.

I do not wish to be'understood as confining j; myself to -the specificdetailsV of merev f Vmechanical construction and form of the parts asdisclosed bythe embodiment of Vmy improvements hereinV shownanddescribed, as under thcspiritjand scope of my 'inven tion I believe thatI am entitled to employ slight variations ot construction.

Irlavirg thus described myrinventijon, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is: f

l. An antiskid attachment or horseshoes, comprising a strut having endrecesses, a transverse opening7 and a heel-calli? and a front clampingmember constituting a malleable plate having a. toe-calli, forwardlyextended prongs, and a lateral slot, and a rod having at its forward enda hooli'for engaging said slot, said rodat its rear end engaging throughthe opening of said strutiy and means for adjustably fastening said rodto said strut. c Y

2. An antislid attachment for horseshoes,

comprising a struthaving endfrecesses, a`

transverse opening leading therethrough, and a heel-calk on the bottomthereof, and a iront clamping member constituting a malleable platehaving a dovetailed groove in its bottom, and a detachable toe-calliwithinrsaid groove7 said plate having tapered prongs extending forwardlytherefrom and va laterai slot in its rearward end part, and a rod havingat its forward end an approximately S-sliaped coupling. said couplingen-k raging through said slot, said rod having serewthreaded rear anchyand nut-s engaging said threaded part and adapted to 'iiXsaid rod tosaid strut. n Y 'Y Signed `at Ridgewood` Vin the county ot Queens andState of New York7 this 27th day of Sept., A. D. `1920l ALEXANDER.Parrot-man

